M E Braddon

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Produktbeschreibung

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1835 - 4 February 1915) was an English popular novelist of the Victorian era. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret, which has also been dramatised and filmed several times. Braddon was a prolific writer, producing more than 80 novels with inventive plots. The most famous is Lady Audley's Secret (1862), which won her recognition and a fortune as a bestseller. It has remained in print since its publication and been dramatised and filmed several times. R. D. Blackmore's anonymous sensation novel Clara Vaughan (1864) was wrongly attributed to her by some critics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blurb, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9781034800842
• ISBN-10: 1034800841
• Artikelnr.: 61674462

Autorenporträt

Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a prominent Victorian author from England who wrote from 4 October 1835 to 4 February 1915. Her 1862 bestseller Lady Audley's Secret, which has been dramatized and adapted into cinema several times, is her best-known work. Mary Elizabeth Braddon was raised privately and was born in London's Soho. She moved in with John Maxwell (1824-1895) after they became friends in 1861. With Mary Ann Crowley, with whom he had five children, Maxwell was already wed. Crowley was residing with her family, while Maxwell and Braddon were residing as husband and wife. Up until Maxwell's wife passed away in 1874, Mary raised his kids as their stepmother. Mary Elizabeth Braddon passed away in Richmond on February 4th, 1915, and was buried there. In addition to the ghost stories ""The Cold Embrace,"" ""Eveline's Visitant,"" and ""At Chrighton Abbey,"" Braddon also authored the bargain with the devil tale ""Gerard or The World, the Flesh, and the Devil"" (1891).